Rice & beans II: The Plan… خطة الفاصوليا تبدأ بحبة

• Do the dishes after finishing your Rice & Beans (فاصوليا و رز) lunch. I am the kind of person that can’t think if I have mess around me... Also if you wash your dish right away you won’t be tempted to pour another one.

• Support Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Jordan, even China in their quest for freedom. You can do so by dedicating a few words on your facebook status. As much as I appreciate you sharing the latest song of god knows which band with me, this is no time to think about ourselves. This is the time to make a difference and YES, you sharing and dedicating a few words can make a difference

Rice and Beans

My friend: I dreamt you wrote another blog the other day

I barely cracked a smile

My friend: Did u stop writing? You did, didn’t you?

Me: My mind is so jumbled up, I can’t put 2 words together.

My friend: Don’t stop writing…

I continue eating my fasolia w riz (rice and beans) lunch and she leaves a few minutes later.

As I swallowed (not chewed) down my lunch, I got thinking about the muddle clouding my mind, and I suddenly felt the need to gasp for air. I was overwhelmed by what’s going on around me, above me, inside of me. What happened in Lebanon in January, what emerged in Tunis and how things ended up in Egypt was exhausting. As an Arab, a Lebanese, a human, I feel frustrated, appalled, broken and drained… Then Libyans scream justice, Bahrainis get shot at the pearl round about and there are talks of earthquakes in other countries regionally and elsewhere (no need to list them you know who they are)